Learn about new funding opportunities, deadlines, frequently asked questions, award information, eligibility, how to apply, requirements, and much more related to the many rich opportunities available from IMPACT collaboratory.
James L. Rudolph Career Development Award Program
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Two-year awards to support development of early-stage MD, PhD, or equivalent researchers establishing careers conducting ePCTs for people living with AD/ADRD and their care partners.
Health Care Systems Scholars Program
One-year support to embed mid-career investigators within health care systems to foster mutual learning, strengthen research-health system partnerships, enhance understanding of system priorities, and co-design an intervention and its implementation strategy to lay the groundwork for a future embedded pragmatic trial in dementia care.
Real World Data Scholars Program
The Real World Data Scholars Program is a 1-year mentored training experience designed to build practical skills and professional networks for early-career investigators interested in using real-world data to improve care of people living with dementia and care partners.
Important Dates
Career Development Awards
Health Care Systems Scholars
Health Care Scholars Full Proposals Due
April 21 @ 8:00 pm
Real World Data Scholars
News & Publications
- IMPACT Collaboratory Announces Notice of Intent (NOI) to Publish Two New Funding Opportunities
- Congratulations to IMPACT community members for receiving the 2025 Beeson Award
- Career Development Awardee Kiselica captures enthusiasm for novel technology-based strategy
- Career Development Awardee Kiselica looks for nuance in equivocal trial results
- Career Development Awardee Gettel and team explore caregiver healthcare use
- Patel Murali, Sadarangani and Brody explore opportunities to improve end-of-life dementia care
- Career Development Awardees Fabius and Sadarangani share perspectives on research gaps and opportunities to improve AD/ADRD care
- Career Development Awardee Frechman explores Epic End of Life Care Index as a predictive tool for older adults
Funded Awardees
Career Development Awardees
- Latarsha Chisholm, PhD, MSW
University of Central Florida

GUIDE+ACP Video Intervention Implementation in Nursing Homes
- Erica Frechman, PhD, AGPCNP-BC, ACHPN, NEA-BC, FPCN
Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Pragmatic EHR Tool to Identify High-Risk Hospitalized Dementia Patients
- Rebecca Lassell, PhD, MOT
Indiana University School of Public Health – Bloomington

Adapting Green Activity Prescriptions with Black People Living with Dementia
Health Care Systems Scholars
- Alycia Bristol, PhD, RN, AGCNS, BS
University of Utah College of Nursing

Partnering with UHealth and Rural Facilities to Co-Design ePCT Interventions
Real World Data Scholars
- Jinying Chen, PhD
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Validating Free-text Medication Orders by Leveraging Natural Language Processing
- Kenneth Lam, MD, MAS
University of Colorado School of Medicine

Validation of Functional Measures in LTC EHR Data
- Lindsay White, PhD
- Yongkang Zhang, PhD, MS
Weill Cornell Medical College

Evaluating LTC Data Cooperative EHRs to Study T2D among Nursing Home Residents















